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In article <839@nscpdc.NSC.COM> joemu@nscpdc.NSC.COM (Joe Mueller) writes:
>In article <1775@a.cs.okstate.edu>, rjs@a.cs.okstate.edu (Roland Stolfa) writes:

>> About a year ago, several gentlemen from National Semi. came to Oklahoma
>> State University with a fairly impressive little machine.  It was a then
>> new card set called a "ICM 3216". ...
>
>> My question to the net is, has anyone other than me, heard of this little
>> beastie?  Even more interesting is what is its current status now that
>> National has killed the 320XX series?
>
>I have been working on the ICM series of board level products for over two
>years now. The ICM3216 is alive and well and shipping. It runs system V.2,
>it will run V.3, and will have networking capabilities very soon. It's
>definitely NOT dead.
>
>You need to be more careful about how you word your questions. Your statement
>that National has canceled the 320XX series has our phones ringing off the
>hooks. The ICM32032 product was canceled, NOT THE 320XX chip series.
>
>Now for the good news, the ICM32032 product was canceled because the 32332 chip
>became available within the timeframe to incorporate it into our second
>generation product. Instead of building boards based on both chips (and delaying
>the 332 based product), we decided to go directly to the higher performance of
>the 32332. The result is the ICM332-1 product that we have already announced and
>will be shipping as soon as our QA department has blessed it.
>
>
>						Joe Mueller
>						...!nsc!nscpdc!joemu

No, No, a thousand times NO!   National Semiconductor has not cancelled
Series 32000.  Below is a list of the microprocessors, Development products,
and software available from National.

CPUs
-----

NS32332 - 32 bit internal and external data bus, 32-bit addressing, 4 Gbyte
          address space.  Burst mode and dynamic bus configuration.

NS32332RT - NS32332 CPU configured for real time applications not requiring 
            virtual memory support.

NS32032 - 32-bit internal and external data bus, 24-bit addressing, 16 Mbyte
          address space.

NS32016 - 16-bit external/32-bit internal data bus, 24-bit addressing,   
          16-Mbyte address space.

NS32016RT - NS32016 CPU configured for real time applications

NS32008 - 8-bit external/32-bit internal data bus, 24-bit addressing,         
          16 Mbyte address space.

NS32C032 - CMOS version of NS32032.  Pin compatible with NS32032

NS32C016 - CMOS version of NS32016.  Pin compatible with NS32016.

NS32C016RT - NS32C016 CPU configured for real time applications.

NS32132 - Same internal/external architecture as NS32032 with the addition
          of dual processor bus arbitration logic on-chip.

Please note that all of these processors use exactly the same instruction set.
They are 100% upward and downward software compatible.

Slave Processors
----------------
NS32381 - Second generation floating point unit compatible with the NS32332
          (full 32-bit data bus).

NS32081 - FPU compatible with all other Series 32000 CPUs.  Note that the
          NS32332 and NS32332RT may also use this FPU.

NS32C081 - CMOS version of NS32081.

NS32382 - 2nd generation MMU for the NS32332.  Full 32-bit architecture
          and supports 4 Gbyte address space.  4K page size demand-paged 
          virtual memory (dpvm).

NS32082 - MMU for NS32032, NS32C032, NS32016 and NS32C016.  Supports 
          dpvm with 512-byte pages size.  Manages up to 32 Mbytes of
          physical memory.


Peripherals
--------------
NS32201 - Timing Control Unit (TCU) that provides the two-phase clock,
          system control logic and cycle extension for Series 32000 CPUs.

NS32C201 - CMOS version of NS32201.

NS32202 - Interrupt Control Unit (ICU) that minimizes the software and
          real-time overhead required to handle multi-level interrupts.
          A single ICU manages up to 16 interrupt sources.  Multiple 
          ICUs can be cascaded to handle up to 256 unterrupts.

NS32203 -  Direct Memory Access Controller that will transfer up
           to 5 Mbytes/second.


Development Support
--------------------

SYS32/20 - Complete development solution consisting of a 32-bit Series
           32000-based PC add-in board, complete binary port of AT&T
           System V, and NSC's GNX language tools.  Supports up to 
           8 users.  Available with 2 or 4 Mbytes of RAM.


ICM-332-1 - Complete NS32332 computer system on two PC boards.  Uses 
            a NS32016 I/O processor.  Up to 14 Mbyte main memory.
            Optional GENIX V.3 (NSC's version of UNIX V.3)

ICM-3216 - Original Integrated Computer Module with 32016 CPU, TCU,
           FPU, MMU, ICU.  1-8 Mbytes of RAM.  System V.2 UNIX available.



Series 32000 Software
----------------------

GENIX 4.1/4.2 OS - AT&T licensed Source of Berkeley UNIX OS.  GENIX 4.1
                   includes C Compiler (Pascal optional).  GENIX 4.2
                   also provides local area networking.

Series 32000/System V.2 -  Validated port of AT&T System V.2 UNIX.

GENIX V.3 - NSC port of AT&T System V.3 UNIX OS.  C and FORTRAN77 compilers
            included.

GNX tools - Language tools for native and cross environments.

            Asssembler
            C compiler
            FORTRAN77 compiler
            PASCAL compiler

Real-Time OS
---------------
    VRTX - A Series 32000 port of Hunter & Ready's VRTX real time os.


There's more I could say, and more on the way, but my fingers are tiring.
If you want more info, call your local National Sales Office or call
(408)-721-5000.
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Thank you for your continued support --

                     Dave R.